WHS Simplyfied

WHS System

As we approach November, and the changeover to WHS, I am sure many of you are wondering how it is all going to work.

‘Know the Score’ is an educational campaign by England Golf to bring all the different elements of WHS together and is available on the Harleyford Golf Club website. The answers to most of your questions will be on that website.

You still have time before 2nd November to submit both supplementary and competitive scores to build up your handicap record. The more scores you have in your record, the more accurate your handicap index will be. Its not the end of the world if you don’t have the 20 scores. The system can calculate a handicap index for a player with as few as 3 scores entered. 9 hole scores are acceptable.

Hopefully by the beginning of October, members will be able to see their handicap index displayed alongside their current handicap and see how it varies with each score entry.

If you feel, the initial ‘transition handicap’ does not give an accurate reflection of your playing ability, you will be able to approach your Handicap Committee and hopefully get it all sorted out before we get to 2nd November.

If a player has no Qualifying Scores posted in the last 2 years, the Transition Handicap will be calculated on the basis of the 3 lowest scores being equal to their current handicap. So a player with a 20 handicap will have scores of 20, 20 & 20 on their scoring record and their handicap at Transition will be (20-2) = 18

If less than 20 Qualifying Scores posted in the last 2 years

3 scores: lowest score -2

4 scores: lowest score -1

5 scores: lowest score

6 scores: average of lowest 2 scores -1

7 to 8 scores: average of lowest 2 scores

9 to 11 scores: average of lowest 3 scores

12 to 14 scores: average of lowest 4 scores

15 to 16 scores: average of lowest 5 scores

17 to 18 scores: average of lowest 6 scores

19 scores: average of lowest 7 scores

20 scores: average of lowest 8 scores

The best news is you don’t have to do any of the calculations. It will all be worked out by the system. If you really feel the need to see the formula they are all on the website!

Nerys  McGuinness                                                                                                      Richard Ashcroft

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